PODCAST: Rikki Klieman on why she was “shocked” Bulger didn’t testify

Rikki Klieman began her legal career as an assistant district attorney in Middlesex County before joining the Boston firm of Friedman & Atherton.

But it’s Klieman’s work as a legal commentator on a variety of national networks that has made her a household name and it’s what drove her to cover the James “Whitey” Bulger trial, which enters its fourth day of jury deliberations on Aug. 9.

In today’s Bulger Beat Podcast, Klieman discusses whether she believed the day would ever come that Bulger would be on trial, her “shock” and “personal devastation” over his decision not to testify, and exactly when it’s OK to start worrying about the prospect of a hung jury.